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Fun,unchallenging, episodic fluff -- heavy on the Irish ethnicity -- easy to take. All-star cast finds plenty of good material to bring fun to awkwartd situations. Peter Riegert and Pamela Reed are standouts. This is one big cliche accompanied by 15 ancillary cliches, but who cares? Its all in good fun.

Magnificently staged, produced, and directed, this movie is a clinic in how to open up a play. The barely repressed homosexual love-hate relationship between the two main characters is amazing. The word play is extremely clever, but never too clever; the performances by the entire cast are outstanding. I've seen this film 10 times, and always want to watch it again as i pick up something new each time.

Bravo! This is a brilliantly original and captivating tale. It creates its own world and thoroughly believes it. Cameron Diaz is absolutely amazing in it, and Catherine Keenan's chemistry with her is sizzling. John Cryer makes a great anti-hero for the piece, and Malkovich himself is probably the only actor who cold pull it off. He should have won a special Oscar for this. And, what an astoundly perfect use of Orson Bean. I watched it 3 straight times, I was so enfatuated with this truly brilliant piece of work.